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Warcraft III: Azeroth Finals + Grand Final Match-Ups
Araxas on Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
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Congratulations to Rival.Showtime who defeated nc.dude (2-0) to win the Azeroth Solo Gateway tournament.
He will now advance to the overall Battle.net championship.
Replays of the Azeroth finals are available here.
Also, one of the Blizzard programmers was "voluntarily" relieved of his hat today. We then used it to randomly
draw the match-ups for the Battle.net championship for both the solo and 2v2 competitions listed below:
Solo:
SK.HoT (internationale) vs. 4K.Fury (Fuji[SpeeD]
WE.Remind (PhoeNix_ReMinD) vs. Rival.Showtime
2v2:
Remind & Soju vs. 2winners & 2winnerz
Farseer & Check vs. Target & Z1pper.
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Five Years of Diablo II
Nebu on Thursday, June 30, 2005 |
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Through the tortured body of a possessed hero, Diablo, Lord of Terror, made his way east from Tristram across the vast deserts surrounding the ancient city of Lut Gholein and ultimately into the bowels of his domain in Hell, where his horrific army was amassing. It was five years ago today that he reunited with his brothers, Mephisto and Baal, in a nefarious new plot to enslave the world of mortals. Despite the awe-inspiring power of the Prime Evils, it seems the sheer will of humanity had been underestimated. For across the world, legions of Necromancers, Amazons, Paladins, Sorceresses, and Barbarians rose to the challenge and again confronted the forces of evil head-on. Blizzard, and indeed the whole of mankind, thank you for your five years of dedication to this noblest of causes.
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The Terran, Protoss and Zerg are out in force once again!
Nebu on Wednesday, June 29, 2005 |
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StarCraft has been updated with the newly released patch 1.13. This revision addresses a few well-known bugs
that were used to perform in-game exploits, corrects display issues with the Korean Font and makes adjustments
to the Player's in-game minimap. To see a copy of the patch notes, please click
here.
We hope this patch makes battling within the StarCraft universe a little more fun, so feel free to join Battle.net
once again to reengage in the epic struggle between the Terran, Protoss and Zerg!
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BlizzCon™ Gaming Festival Announced
Ordinn on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 |
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Blizzard Entertainment®, Inc. is proud to announce the very first Blizzard Convention, to take place on October 28 & 29 in Orange County, California. BlizzCon™ is a celebration of our Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises and the players who have helped make them so popular around the world. Attendees can look forward to a variety of events, including participating in question and answer panels with the developers of World of Warcraft® and StarCraft: Ghost™, playing Blizzard games live with friends, and watching the world's best Warcraft III and StarCraft pro-gamers compete in the BlizzCon Invitational tournament.
Further details and information about ticket sales will be posted in the days ahead on www.blizzard.com.
WHAT: BlizzCon will be an ideal event for gamers from around the world to meet each other, participate in live Q&A's with Blizzard developers, and share their passion for their favorite Blizzard games.
WHO: Gamers who enjoy playing any of the games developed by Blizzard Entertainment.
WHERE: Orange County, California. Exact location to be announced at a later date.
WHEN: Friday and Saturday, October 28 and 29, 2005. The event begins at 8 a.m. PDT on both days.
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Warcraft III: Gateway Solo Tournament Results!
Araxas on Tuesday, June 28, 2005 |
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The Season Two solo gateway tournaments were played this past weekend and winners have been determined for the completed matches. Congratulations to the three gateway winners who have already claimed victory:
Northrend: internationale (aka: SK.HoT)
Kalimdor: PhoeNix_ReMinD (aka: WE.Remind)
Lordaeron: Fuji[SpeeD] (aka: 4K.Fury)
See the full report, brackets, and download replays from the Season Two webpage here.
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New Warcraft III Bonus Map - Deathrose
XG3 on Friday, June 24, 2005 |
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The Deathrose is a rare flower that grows only in the deepest, darkest swamps of Ashenvale. In the hands of a master alchemist, the petals of the flower can be used to create some of the deadliest poisons known to exist in all Azeroth.
Download Deathrose a new Bonus map for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
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Warcraft III: Season Two Lordaeron 2v2 Bracket
Araxas on Wednesday, June 22, 2005 |
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The remaining matches of the 2v2 tournament on Lordaeron have been
completed. Congratulations to 2winnerz and 2winners, who defeated BobBarker[GGL] and DonVito[GGL] in the gateway finals with a 2-1 score. They will now advance to the
Battle.net finals.
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Warcraft III: Season Two Solo Tournament
Araxas on Monday, June 20, 2005 |
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The solo competitions of Season Two will take place on June 25 and 26. The first day of competition will
continue for three rounds, while the second day will consist of two rounds. Please note that the final dates
are slightly different than the ones announced several weeks ago.
Kalimdor: June 25 - 1pm Seoul Time (GMT+9), June 26 - 1pm Seoul Time (GMT+9)
Northrend: June 25 - 1pm CEST Time (GMT+1), June 26 - 1pm Seoul Time (GMT+1)
Lordaeron: June 25 - 1pm PDT Time, June 26 - 1pm PDT Time
Azeroth: June 25 - 1pm EDT Time, June 26 - 1pm EDT
Players are responsible for attending on time and calculating the time difference with their home country.
We suggest using TimeandDate.com to assist with
time conversions.
The map pool for the solo competition will be as follows: Lost Temple (RoC), Gnoll Wood, Twisted Meadows,
Turtle Rock, and Echo Isles. A first map will be assigned for each round, and the losing player may
select the next map to be played. Note a revision to the previously posted rules for the solo competition:
Any single map, including the assigned starting map, cannot be played more than once in a match.
For more information, please consult the newly updated Schedule page.
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FilePlanet exclusive special offer for Blizzard fans
Nebu on Monday, June 20, 2005 |
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Blizzard and FilePlanet are pleased to offer an exclusive 50% discount on a full-year FilePlanet membership
for Blizzard fans only. Benefits include fast downloads for files and patches, dedicated WoW pages with
popular WoW movies ready for download and access to FilePlanet's exclusive beta programs for upcoming games.
Check out the details here.
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Warcraft III: WE.Sky Wins ACON5 Grand Finals!
Araxas on Thursday, June 16, 2005 |
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After a series of qualifying events across the world, players from 16 nations were flown to the ACON5
grand finals in Xi'an, China. The local favorite, Chinese pro-gamer WE.Sky, emerged as the event's Warcraft III
champion. Check out photos and our report from one of the summer's most exciting e-sport events
here.
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World of Warcraft Skin for Windows Media Player
Nebu on Thursday, June 16, 2005 |
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Microsoft Games for Windows has just released a new skin for Windows Media Player 10 that will help bring out
your inner warrior, or rogue, or hunter, or mage, or druid...while watching videos or listening to your
favorite songs online (such as one of the many
World of Warcraft MP3s we’ve posted on the
World of Warcraft community site). Grab the new World of Warcraft Windows Media Player skin
here.
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2 Million World of Warcraft Subscribers!
XG3 on Tuesday, June 14, 2005 |
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We're excited to announce that with the addition of the new PvP battlegrounds, World of Warcraft has now reached two million worldwide subscribers! We'd like to thank all of our players for helping us achieve this milestone, and we look forward to continuing to support the game with vast new content in the months ahead. Click here to check out the full press release.
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Warcraft III: Season Two - Gateway 2v2 Tournament: Day 2
Araxas on Sunday, June 12, 2005 |
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Arranged teams have been battling across all four Battle.net gateways for the coveted spots in the final Warcraft III: Season Two cross-gateway tournament. Three of the four teams representing each gateway
have now been determined. Due to a team's disqualification late in the Lordaeron bracket, the fourth gateway finalist will be determined at a later time.
Congratulations to the 2v2 gateway champions:
- Kalimdor: PhoeNix_ReMinD & PhoeNix_SoJu
- Northrend: Target & Zipper
- Azeroth: DontCryBaby & shanghaiguy
- Lordaeron: to be determined
The 2v2 gateway runner-up team wins prize packages consisting of a Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS, Razer Diamondback mouse, Razer eXactMat mousepad, D-Link DGL-4100 router, and a
copy of Microsoft XP Home. Congratulations:
- Kalimdor: ShowTime.weRRA & RendeyQ
- Northrend: SexyPoncho & SexyPonka
- Azeroth: KoD-Axslav & KoD-Hero
- Lordaeron: to be determined
Replays are now available for the day 1 games on Azeroth, Lordaeron, Northrend, and Kalimdor. Day 2 game replays are available for Azeroth, Northrend, and Kalimdor.
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New Warcraft III Bonus Map - Emerald Shores
Indoflaven on Friday, June 10, 2005 |
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Fleets sail from distant lands to loot the treasures of this ancient island. Some even come to brave the mystic defenders of the ancient temple… others know better.
Download Emerald Shores a new Bonus map for Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne.
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Warcraft III: Season Two Channel & Info
Araxas on Thursday, June 9, 2005 |
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The 2v2 gateway tournament of Season Two is less than one day away from beginning!
Games will be hosted by a host that is mutually agreed upon by both participants. In the event of one player disconnecting, that game will result in a loss unless the opposing team agrees to hold a rematch. No spectators except the shout casters, game hosts, or Blizzard referees will be allowed in the matches. Both players are required to save the replay files from a match and then email them to an address determined by the event staff. Players entering the channel after their match time is scheduled to begin may automatically result in a forfeit loss.
The tournament channel on all Battle.net gateways will be called Season Finals. Please note that this channel will be moderated. We recommend that users not participating in a match follow the events through the coverage provided on Battle.net rather than by visiting this channel. Any persons found to be disruptive to the running of the event will be banned from the channel, and may have additional actions taken against their associated Battle.net account(s).
Please also note that the WC3L Season 7 champions, the 4 Kings, have selected their players for the 32nd seeds of the solo tournament. 4k.Zeus and 4K.Fury will be representing the team on US.East and US.West respectively. Since all of 64AMD’s eligible players had already qualified, they did not use their seeds. Therefore, the first alternate player for realms Europe and Asia that qualified through the Battle.net ladders have been given the respective seeds.
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Warcraft III: Season Two 2v2 Schedule & Maps
Araxas on Wednesday, June 8, 2005 |
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As was previously announced, the 2v2 competition for Ladder Season Two will commence Saturday and Sunday,
June 11-12, on all Gateways.
The map pool for the 2v2 competition will be: Avalanche, Twisted Meadows, Wetlands, Lost Temple (RoC), and
Gnoll Wood (TFT). Full details may be found here on the
schedule page.
The Gateway competition will be taking place at the following times:
Kalimdor: June 11 - 1pm Seoul Time (GMT+9), June 12 - 1pm Seoul Time (GMT+9)
Northrend: June 11 - 1pm CEST (GMT+1), June 12 - 1pm CEST (GMT+1)
Lordaeron: June 11 - 1pm PDT, June 12 - 1pm PDT
Azeroth: June 11 - 1pm EDT, June 12 - 1pm EDT
All teams are encouraged to contact their opponents beforehand and agree to a suitable hosting solution. Exact hosting rules and channel information will be posted tomorrow.
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Warcraft III Accounts Closed
Nebu on Wednesday, June 1, 2005 |
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A number of additional accounts and CD keys have been tied to the use of a hack or cheat program while playing
Warcraft III on Battle.net. In keeping with our aggressive stance against cheating, we have permanently closed
53,928 Warcraft III accounts. 8,168 of the Warcraft III CD keys used with the now-closed accounts have been
banned from ladder play for one month, and 3,331 more have been banned from ladder play permanently. Repeat
offenders risk having their CD keys disabled, which will result in the permanent removal of their copies of
Warcraft III from Battle.net.
We will continue to monitor Battle.net for cheating and take action as needed. If you would like to report
additional instances of hacking or cheating, please notify us at hacks@blizzard.com. A false report filed by
one player against another will not result in the actions described above.
As always, thank you for your continued support; with your help we have been able to keep Battle.net a fun and
safe place to play Blizzard games.
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